Cap



May 31,1938. MHHIRSH 2,119,330

CAP

Filed March 16, 1957 Patented May 31, 1938 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE 7 CAP Martha H. Ilirsh, South Orange, N. J. Application March 16, 1937, Serial No. 131,127

2 Claims.

This invention relates to a cap which is particularly designed for womens wear to keep the hair from becoming disarranged. The cap can be used on the sea-shore and other places where wind of Considerable strength is encountered and while having utility it also is ornamental. The cap is particularly useful immediately after hair shampooing or hair dressing to be put in place when the wearer has. not the time for sitting 10 under a hair dryer or at least not until the hair is thoroughly dry. The cap is usually made of netted fabric to allow the hair to dry.

Another feature of the invention is the provision of an opening at the back with a strand 15 usually elastic, at the bottom, to enable curls at the neck to be supported without disarrangement or flattening. The cap is provided with streamers to be loosely wrapped around and supported by the cap, and to be thus arranged at the will of the wearer to provide a turban effect.

The invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawing. Figure 1 is a side view of the cap on the head of a woman. Figure 2 is a perspective view of the cap on a head and showing 05 the rear. Figure 3 is a rear perspective of the cap removed from the head. Figure 4 is a rear View of the central part of the back with the streamers broken away. Figure 5 is a detail view of the pleats used in the preferred form of cap.

The cap consists of a crown I in the form of an annular vertical band and a top H. These parts may be made separate and then joined but the preferred manner of making is of one piecewith an annular pleat at l2 to provide the proper shape, a gathering at l3, at the top, to form a closure of ornamental appearance and vertical pleats M to localize strains and stretching and also provide a better appearance.

The crown I0 is provided at the back with an opening I extending from the bottom and wider at the bottom than at the top, being usually V-shaped. A strand [6 is secured to the material at the sides of the opening at the bottom and extends across the opening. This strand is usually of elastic.

Streamers I! are secured to the back of the crown and are usually wide to allow material enough to be loosely draped about the crown as shown in Figures 1 and 2 to provide a turban effeet. The streamers are preferably gathered, as at it, where they are joined to the cap and to the side edges of the opening I5.

The fabric of the cap proper and the streamers is preferably of netted material or other open work fabric to give plenty of space for evaporation.

This cap is ornamental to allow one to appear 10 in public with the hair covered without the delay of waiting for the drying of the hair after hair dressing and is also adapted for use after bathing, as on the beach.

The cap is easily put on, as it is placed over the hair and then the strand i6 is placed under the curls at the back of the neck, the strand supporting the curls and the opening I5 allowing the curls to dry without being flattened as they can extend through the opening I5. This is clearly shown in Figure 2.

Various changes can be made in the particular form of the cap proper as to ornamentation and also proportions, without departing from the scope of my invention.

I claim:

1. A cap comprising a crown and a top of net fabric the crown having the rear provided with an opening extending to the bottom edge, an elastic band connecting the side edges of the opening at the bottom, and streamers secured to the back of the crown and of a length sufficient for winding loosely around said crown to provide a turban effect.

2. A cap comprising a crown and a top made of one piece of net fabric with an annular pleat 35 to form a juncture between said crown and top, and gathered to form a closure at the center of the top, the crown having an opening at the back extending to the bottom, an elastic strand bridging the opening at the bottom, and streamers substantially wider than the height of the crown and gathered where attached to the back of the crown and to the side edges of the opening, said streamers being long enough to allow a loose winding 5 around the crown to provide a turban effect.

. MARTHA H. HIRSH. 

